Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23
TANES Nj WAGES.


TANES AND WAGES.
Mr.. EDWARD ATKINSON, the great sta
t~istician, will have in his second paper in
the Catarg, on the Relative St%rengthand
Weakness OF Nations some interesting
information in reference to wages and taxes.
He shows that rs wages constitute what Is
left after deducting taxes and the return
for capital, wages vary inverscly ~ taxes,
l. r.. il take; are high wages will be- low,
and ri"r rsrsT.
lie thus illustrates his point: Careful
estimates show that a man in tho United
States supporting two other persons pro
duces in value $G6O u year. OF this 500 is
profit ON capital and SO is absorbed in
taxes. Leaving profits of capital out OF
the account. earnings pr odpRr ut the pop
ulatlon il the United States are 500, Of
which s. goes Tor taxes. In England
earnings are $40 per- rTpitd, OF which - TO
$40 gOes for tax. In France they are Sl2O
and the tax * $40 to S2O. In Germany
they are SlOO and the tax s. TO Sl2. In
Italy they are SO and $40 to Sl2 goes for
tax. The tax on production in the United
States Is - per cent. and wages are high.
In England it is GA per cent. and wages
are much lower. The tax in Germany IL
IL per cent. and wages lower still. In
Italy the tax is III par cent. and wages
yet lower.
The people then can STE the Importance
of Keeping down taxation, and a system Of
taxation that takes great sums from the
people, uSeleSSly, means just 80 much
taken from the a of workingmen.
FINDING OUT WHAT - IN THE
EARTH.
There nave been so many expeditions
fitted out to the North Pole and 80 many
lives lost in i~ruitleSs search, that it has
been about decided to give the matter up
rs "A had Job and seek some other way to
give vent to s~uperlluouS ingenuity of a
A bill has been introduced into Congress
app~ropriating SlOO, OOO to begin the work
of boring a hole into the earth rs deep rs
n drill can he made to penetrate-all the
way through to the land OF our antipodes
if possible.
One section ut the hill reads thus
THAT the Secretary Ut War shall make
a report tn the Firieth Congress showing
the progress of the boring mp to the date
of the report. together with the views of
the board as to the depth Ia which, with
the mechanical Instruments and applI-
ances ut their command, 1t can be carried;
and that the estimates submitted by the
War Department for the ensuing year
shall include an estimate of the amount
necessary to prosecute the work during
the fiscal year ending June 30, lSS9."
From this il will be seen that if the bill
becomes a law, the boring will he persisted
in Us long rs human skill has any effect. =
This seems like 4 very foolish measure,
and so it is. But not near ~ much so rs
in spending hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, only to send men to perish in the
Arctic seas. Scientific men will receive
more knowledge from this experiment
than by sailing for the North Pole, and
they will feel a good deal safer by thus
remaining on terra firma all the time.
BLACKLISTING AND INTIMIDA-
TION.
A bill has been introduced into the
Pennsylvania Legislature to prevent EN-
ployes from bIackliSting their men and to
prevent men on a strike from iutimidating
those who would 90 TO work. The three
chief sections Ofthe bill are these:
Section /. That from and after the pass
ace of this act any person, firm or corpora
ton engaged in manufacturing or repair
ing which requires from persons in his or is
employ, under penalty OF forfeiture Of part
of wages earned by them, q notice o finten-
ton To leave such employ, shall be liable
TO the payment Ot a like forfeiture If he or
IT discharges, without similar notice, a
person in such employ, except for ineapae-
ity or misconduct, unless in the case of n
general suspension of labor in his or its
shop or factory.
Section 2. That whoever, by intimida-
ton or force, prevents or seeks to prevent
a Derson or persons from entering into or
continuing in the employment of a person,
firm or corporation shall be punished by n
fine of not more than 500.
Section 8. Any person, firm or corpOr-
alton who shall, by any system OF black
listing or any other method prevent OF at
tempt TO prevent any person or persons
from obtaining employment or by any